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and will serve to cover the 25% local match. If the County is awarded the grant, the County would have $1,000,000 of equipment with no additional outlay from what is already budgeted. The second project is the purchase and installation of a workstation featuring telephone, Computer Aided Dispatch and a radio console to implement interoperability for County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Adding this workstation to the EOC allows the staff of the Center to communicate more efficiently during major emergencies and county-wide disasters. The system is estimated at $30,000 and requires a $7,500 local match that would come from monies already allocated to up-fit the new EOC at the Meadowlands facility. The final project under this grant application would aim to improve interoperable radio signal enhancement for poor coverage area in eastern Chapel Hill in the Eastgate Area, including the Eastgate Shopping Center. This area has historically represented an area of low signal strength that limits communications from responder to responder and from responder to the communications center. Limited communications jeopardizes the safety of responders and inhibits the ability of responders to meet the needs of the population. Staff estimates the cost of this project to be $150,000, requiring a $37,500 local match. Sufficient funds have been requested in the capital budget for the next two years to cover the local match. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is a 25% local cash match requirement under this grant program. There is adequate funding allotted in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 budget to adequately account for the local match as outlined above. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize the Division of Emergency Services to apply for the 2007 COPS Technology Grant as asub-applicant of the City of Durham.